Mowing man

Gary Hatter of Champaign, Ill., drives his Kubota lawn tractor down East Broad Street in downtown Athens Friday afternoon, in his attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for travel by tractor. Hatter started his trek May 31 in Portland, Maine, and has traveled more than 2,000 miles thus far, at 9 mph. He plans to ride through parts of all 48 of the contiguous United States, logging more than 14,000 miles before ending his journey in Florida.